Baha al-Din Sam III explained

Baha al-Din Sam III
Succession:	Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty
Reign:	1212–1213
Predecessor:	Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud
Successor:	Ala al-Din Atsiz
Dynasty:	Ghurid
Father:	Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud
Birth Place:	Ghor
Death Date:	1213
Religion:	Sunni Islam

Baha al-Din Sam III (Persian: بهاء الدین سام), was Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty from 1212 to 1213. He was the son and successor of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud.

Biography

Baha al-Din Sam III was the son of Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, who was assassinated in 1212. After Ghiyath's assassination, Baha al-Din Sam III ascended the Ghurid throne. One year later, however, he was carried by the Khwarazmian-Shahs to Khwarezm.^[1] He was then succeeded by his relative Ala al-Din Atsiz.

Sources

• Encyclopedia: C. Edmund . Bosworth . GHURIDS . 2001 . Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition . 1 February 2014.
• Book: Bosworth, C. E. . The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol periods . 1968 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . Frye . R. N. . C. E. Bosworth . The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World (A.D. 1000–1217) . 1–202 . 0-521-06936-X .

Notes and References

1. The Iranian World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5, ed. J. A. Boyle, John Andrew Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 161-170.